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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GuineaCongo - KinshasaSudan
7,61051,18126,168
7,78052,78226,771
7,82154,45327,387
7,90656,17028,017
8,12157,86028,662
8,31759,59929,321
8,47861,47429,996
8,65063,47930,686
8,86065,59031,393
9,09167,80032,137
9,32770,11433,078
9,57172,55033,891
9,82575,13834,568
10,08477,79235,293
10,35180,53436,093
10,63283,36837,058
10,92486,22938,165
11,22589,19339,294
11,53492,20940,512
11,85595,23241,764
12,16098,32042,952
12,469101,49944,121
12,778104,76745,290
13,087108,17146,498

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Guinea, Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.